March 12, 2017
As SGI members our work, our mission, is clear. We have the unparalleled task of working for the happiness of all humanity in an endeavour we call kosen-rufu. To participate in SGI activities and challenge ourselves earnestly on the path of our mission are the greatest happiness. It all comes down to whether we can appreciate this point.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
March 12, 2017
I recently received an official pardon, and I will return to Kamakura . Can this be the year in which the passage "What I long ago hoped for has now been fulfilled" comes true for me? Without your protection, could I possibly have sustained my life? Could I have survived to be pardoned? My life's achievements are due entirely to you and to those like you.
Letter to Endo Saemon-no-jo
Written to Endo Saemon-no-jo on March 12, 1274
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
March 12, 2017
The human being is not a frail wretch at the mercy of fate. Shakyamuni insisted that to change oneself now is to change the future on a vast scale. The Western impression that Buddhism is all about meditation is alien to the spirit of Shakyamuni. The goal of Nichiren Buddhism is neither escape from reality nor passive acceptance. It is to live strongly, proactively, in such a way as to refine one's own life and reform society through a constant exchange between the outside world and the individual's inner world.
Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (9 June 1951) p. 115/116
It is now mid-1951. How quickly the time has gone! How will I, the company and society change in the next ten years? No one can know.
Those who can continue to advance boldly, according to their own convictions, without being swayed by others, are great. Without being stubborn or narrow-minded, they must have firm conviction in the fundamental truth.
Many appear to be great individuals. But looking more closely, they lack compassion. For myself, all that remains is to follow Mr. Toda.
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